Ventilated house



Nov. 29, 1927.

.1. Q. CLARKE- VENTILATED HOUSE Filed Sept. 18, 1925 INVENTOR:

I ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

- UNITED STATES cRAwFoRnsvILLE, INDIANA, Assreivonro WILLIAM w.

JOHN Q. cmnknor CLARKE, or NELSON, CALIFORNIA.

VENTILATED HOUSE.

Application. filed September 18, 1925. Serial No. 57,202. Y

This invention relates to a portable house in which suitably to keep small chickens, especially those hatchedin-large numbers in incubators, the invention having reference more particularly to, a metallic sanitary brooderhouse of the lznoclodown type.

An object. of the invention is to provide a simple and well lighted and ventilated house which shall be ofsuch construction as to not only house and retain young fowls, or young animals, but shall protect them against attack by hawks and other depredatory birds or fowls-and animals.

Another object is to provide an improved capacious ventilated house which shall be of such construction as to be adapted to be compactly shipped in knock-down condition and to be readily set up for use when needed, and which shall be of light weight to permit the house to beshifted from place to place as may be desired.

A further object is to provide an improved brooder house structure which shall insure adequate ventilation for the health of the occupants and protect them against inimical climatic conditions that might result -in pecuniary loss besides suffering of the housed fowls.

A still further object is to provide an improved brooder house; structure which shall be adapted for'keeping the floor region of the house ventilated and in sanitary condition, permit graduated ventilation generally and permit heating of the house when required, which" structure shall be durable and economical in use.

With the above-mentioned and other ob jects in view, the invention consists in portable house having improved ventilating means including a conduit for conducting foul air from the floor of the house, and a novel ventilating window to admit fresh air into the upper portion of the house while excluding birds and insects; and the invention consists also in the parts and the combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and further defined in the claims appended hereto. 7

Referring to the drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective view on asmall scale indicating the general nature of the invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional perspective view illustrating the interior of the brooder house and the ventilating system thereof; Fig. 3 is a detached perspective View of the ventilating window, on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of portions of the ventilating apparatus in the roof of the house, on an enlarged scale.

Similar reference characters in the differ ent'figures of the drawings indicate corre sponding elements or features of construction herein referred to in detail.

The invention as applied to a brooder house comprises'a base ring 1 which preferably is composed of L-section iron and for convenience is shown as being circular but obviously may have an octagonal or other form in plan. A sheet metal vertical side wall 2is suitably secured to the base ring, and a conical roof 3 is suitablysecured to the top of the wall. The wall has a doorway 4 in one portion thereof which is provided with a door 5 which may be adapted to swing either outwardly or inwardly. The wall has a suitable number of window frames 6 in each of which a lower window sash 7 is secured, a ventilating window sash 8 being arranged upon the lower sash and connected I thereto by means of suitablehinges 9. Each latch bars 14 that are pivoted to the upper portion of the upper sash, permittting the sash to afford graduated ventilation. A yoke is provided for each window and comprises a bar 15 having arms 16 and 17 connected toits ends and pivoted to the side plates 10 and 11 respectively, to tie the side plates together and to prevent the upper sash from dropping down when unlatched, or to be swung upward to release the sash and permit it to be lowered entirely from the side plates.

The apex of the roof 3 has a ventilator structure therein which comprises a tubular body part 18 that is vertically secured in a suitable opening in the roof and has a hollow conical top 19 supported by bracketsQO so as to cover the upper end of the body-part and shed rainwater butpermitting air to pass from the top of the body part into the surrounding atmosphere. 'The body part 18 extends downward a suitable distance below the apex of the roof and a ventilator tube 21 is arranged under the roof and is connected to one portion oil the body part, another similar ventilator tube 22 preterably being provided and connected to the opposite portion of the part 18.

interior of the house and preferably have vertical tubes and 24; connected to the lower ends thereof respectively and extending donuiward to within a short distance from the ground or floor upon which the base ring may be located so as to conduct toul air from the floor area. The body part 18 has an annular bottom which supports a Sttfl'ltm ot dral't pipe 2th which prei'crably extends upward. lieyond the upper ends oi. the ventilator tubes to receive the usual flue pipe of the stove which olnioin-ily is lobe used in the house when requirei l to heat the house suliiciently lor health and conitort ot the brood.

In practical use the upper sashes are adjusted to admit mine or ltBtih air as may be desired. Usually the batting; stove remains in the house throughoutthe year and its draftpipe practically clot the pipe section 26, so that a strong dratt occurs np ard through the ventilator tubes, carrying away the foul air from the floor, the heated air from the stove pa. 1;; trom the top pipe rection 526 tending to induce up-dratt through the ventilator tubes and the body part 18 Of the ventilator. In the warm season the stove or its; draft pipe may be removed to permit the warme air naturally rising in the house to pass out through the pipe section 26. The metal roof: becomes warm in sunnncr time especially when exposed to the sun, and heat is radiated to the tubes 21 and 22 so that air becomes heated in the tubes and naturally rises and causes up-drailt through the vertical tubes. The upper sashea set at an inclination and the eide plates prevent rain and snow from being driven into the l The tubes 21 and 22 are designed to conduct foul a1r :trom the house while adniittin it into the upper interior ot the house sudicient ventilating air, and the screens prevent entrance of annoying insects and also depredatory birds and animals the wall of the house and its door and windows preventing the entrance of rats and other destructive animals.

What is claimed as new is:

1. A ventilated house including a circular wall and a conical root thereon, ventilator windows in the wall having each a screened upper sash hinged at its bottom to swinginardly and deflect: atmosphcri air upwardly towards the roof, and a ventilator struc ture secured in, the upper portion ot the root and extending downward therefrom, the structure having an annular bottom, a ventilator tube connected at its upper end with the ventilator structure beneath the root, thelower end of the tube being open adjacentto the bottom of the ail, and: a pipe section connected to the inner edge of said annular bottom and extendingupward be yond the upper end ol the ventilator tube.

In a ventilated house, the combination with a Wall and a conical metal roof thereon, ot a hollow tubular ventilator body cured in the apex of the roof and extending dmvnward; therefrom, the body havingan annular bottom, a ventilator tube having a terminal portion connected \vitltthe ventilator body above said botton'n the tube extending down towards the bottom of said wall, and: a pipe section connected to tile inner edge ofsaid annular bottom and extending upward in said body past; sai 'lterminal portion, theends of said section being open, to cause partial vacuum in said body and induce upward currents through said tube.

on the 12th day at September, 1925.

JOHN o. CLARKE;

In testimony whereof, I attix my signature 

